BRUSSELS ANNOUNCES MARKETING PROTECTION FOR ITALIAN SALAMI, SPANISH BREAD AND PORTUGUESE POTATOES
August 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPECIAL marketing protection has been announced by the European Commission for three more traditional products: an Italian salami - 'Ciauscolo'; a Spanish bread 'Pan de Cruz de Ciudad Real' and a Portuguese sweet potato - 'Batata doce de Aljezur'. Brussels has passed a regulation saying these products cannot be sold in the European Union (EU) under these names unless they are made using traditional methods in their historic home regions. For instance, the salami must be made from traditional Italian 'large white' and 'Landrace' pigs. It must ...
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